Don’t administer antibiotics in children with acute pharyngitis unless microbiologic confirmation of streptococcal infection has been carried out.
Most pharyngitis cases are of viral origin and do not require antibiotic therapy. It is not possible to distinguish bacterial from viral infection only on a clinical basis. Therefore, a rapid test or throat culture is necessary to select children with streptococcal...
Don’t prescribe blood exams in children with acute pharyngitis.
Blood tests, including inflammatory markers, are not useful in differentiating bacterial from viral pharyngitis because they can also be increased in some viral infections. Antistreptolysin O titer and anti-DNAse antibodies are useful for the diagnosis of...
Don’t routinely request preoperative laboratory tests in low-risk patients (for minor surgery and for intermediate surgery in ASA 1, ASA 2 patients).
Hematological and biochemical preoperative tests don’t add significant elements to the clinical risk evaluation for minor or intermediate surgery in low-risk patient.
Don’t perform the determination of urine glucose for the monitoring of diabetes mellitus.
Urinary glucose measurement lacks the requested diagnostic sensitivity. The test of choice for monitoring diabetic patients is glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c).The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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